Christopher Fry

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Christopher Fry was a 20th-century English playwright best known for his verse dramas, including "The Lady's Not for Burning."

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instanceOf dramatist
person
playwright
poet
screenwriter
adaptedFrom Jean Anouilh
associatedWith West End theatre
awardReceived New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Foreign Play
birthName Arthur Hammond Harris
burialPlace Chichester, West Sussex, England
linked to: CHICHESTER
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1907-12-18
dateOfDeath 2005-06-30
educatedAt Bedales School
gender male
genre comedy
verse drama
influenced post-war British verse drama
influencedBy George Bernard Shaw
T. S. Eliot
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement 20th-century British theatre
name Christopher Fry
nationality English
notableFor reviving verse drama on the mid-20th-century English stage
notableWork A Sleep of Prisoners
The Dark Is Light Enough
The Lady's Not for Burning
Venus Observed
occupation playwright
poet
screenwriter
placeOfBirth Bristol, England
placeOfDeath Chichester, West Sussex, England
linked to: CHICHESTER
religion Quakerism
spouse Phyllis Hart Fry
workPeriod 20th century
wrote A Sleep of Prisoners
A Yard of Sun
Curtmantle
Ring Round the Moon
The Boy with a Cart
The Brontës of Haworth
The Dark Is Light Enough
The Firstborn
The Lady's Not for Burning
Venus Observed
wroteScreenplayFor Ben-Hur (1959 film)
linked to: Ben-Hur

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